Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospita...

Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...

At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

African immigrants and refugees represent four percent of the total population in the United Stat...

This case study describes a pilot program to find out the effect that integrative behavioral heal...

Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...

The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...